Branksome Hall - Slogan Yearbook (Toronto, Ontario Canada)

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She ©ranksame Slogan DOROTHY HARDING, Form V. fovm IRepresentatlpes : ESTHER de BEAUREGARD, Form IV.; RUTH HENDERSON, Form IV., Special; PEGGY HEARNE, Form III.; MARY DUFF, Form III., Special Hlumnae IRcprescntaUve : AINSLIE McMICHAEL, ' 13

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THE BRANKSOME SLOGAN 17 THE FUTURE OF CANADA When shall Canada come into her own? is now the most widely discussed question among true Canadians. Every life has a past, a present, and a future. So it is with a country — the past moulds the present and the present decides the future. The present is our oppor- tunity. Canada should have a wonderful future and that future depends largely on the loyalty, character, and education of her peo- ple. Consider her natural resources, as yet practically undeveloped. They in themselves are of great material assistance, but involve many other serious considerations, so still w e ask, How is that future to be obtained? One answer is Immigration. We must have more men and women to people the vast areas of as yet uncultivated soil in our Glorious West. More farms mean more grain, more grain means more food, and a country of plenty is bound to attract desirable people from other nations where perhaps their daily bread is not so assured. Canada is a wheat-grow-ing country, her manufacturies taking a second place. Why should the agricultural side not help in a greater degree that of the manufacturing? Her manufacturing opportunities are unbounded. If it were carefully considered and estimated it w ould be found that a very large percentage of the manufactured products W ' hich are now imported could be made right here in our own country. One might say : But is it good to stop all interchange of goods be- tween friendly countries? That w ould never happen, as there will always be necessities that the climate and conditions will prevent our making. If in place of a factory employing, for instance, one thousand men, factories were built where all products of that nature could be made right here and not imported, the employment w ould increase to many times that number. These people would require homes, necessitating more building, wdiich in its turn would prove a won- derful boon to the lumbermen as well as the many other trades asso- ciated with it ; they would need food, therefore more land would have to be cultivated ; they w ould at some time require the services